Looking for inspiration on who to nominate? A national list, for the Ditmars, is available at http://wiki.sf.org.au/2013_Ditmar_eligibility_list - you could always use it to look for Western Australians. If someone's missing from that list, you can also add them and they could be nominated for a Ditmar award!

Thankyou, swancon community My daughter has been attending swancon since she was born...so far she's clocked up 10 years.Yesterday, she received an offer of a place in a gifted and talented visual arts program at one of the two completely selective schools in Perth. Its quite a big deal for her future academic/artistic self. I don't think that this would have happened without the support of the swancon community.She draws dragons. Thanks to swancon, she's tediously obsessed with dragons. She's won the kids art show prize for about six years in a row. She takes it very seriously, practicing drawing dragons all year for the art show. Her dragon drawing practice has led her to develop skills in shading, perspective, proportion, sketching, imagination and so on. The portfolio we took to the interview at the school was her dragon drawings for swancon.

So, we are very grateful to the swancon community for supporting her, voting for her drawings and generally being positive about her art. Thankyou you all for your kindness. Thankyou for your gift of support and validation.

"After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction."

Time: Arrive at 7:40 for an 8pm start Date: Friday 26th April 2013Where: Belmont Reading Cinemas, Belmont Tickets: $14 concession and $16 standardRSVP: Send us an e-mail at <screenings2014@genghiscon.org>, seats are limited, so RSVP's are essential to ensure you will receive a ticket.

In case people are still on here as opposed to being on FB, some of the art pieces are available in the Art Show Catalogue to be nominated in the Fan Art category for Tin Duck Nominations. Please go through and make sure nominations are made as it's important to recognise the hard work our local artists and authors put in!

Swancon and Genghiscon are pleased to announce a joint screening of Dredd.

“In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.” – IMDB

Looper (2D) Screening Swancon and Genghiscon are pleased to announce a joint screening of Looper - a tale of time travelling, paradoxes, and self assassination attempts.

“In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self. ” – IMDB

The Expendables 2 (2D) Screening Join us this Friday for all the explosions, corny dialogue and beefcake you can drool over, in this joint screening with Genghiscon of The Expendables 2.

“Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.” – IMDB

"When the caped heroes of the world's safest city inexplicably all turn into homicidal lunatics, no one is safe.

The only rational thing to do is get the hell out of town. If only it were that easy.....

LEAVING MEGALOPOLIS is a thrilling, original 80 page graphic novel of suspense and terror in a superhero universe gone horribly wrong, where a small band of survivors face the horror of both their formerly beloved protectors, and the dark secrets within themselves. Featuring the creative talents of writer Gail Simone and artist Jim Calafiore this is a story of violence, fear, hope and -- if they're lucky -- survival."

As with most Kickstarter projects, there are several different pledge levels which return an increasing number of rewards. $9 gets you a PDF of the graphic novel, $30 gets you the PDF and a hard copy posted to Australia, and higher pledges include alternate covers, limited edition colour prints, etc.

Estimated delivery for this is listed as February 2013, which would be perfect timing to get your copy personalised by Gail Simone at Swancon 2013!

There are just under three weeks to take advantage of this if you're interested, with it closing on September 14th, so don't miss out on your opportunity to own a copy of Leaving Megalopolis!

"A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run." - IMDB

Just a quick reminder that membership prices go up on Monday; buy yours by Sunday to get it at the current $180 full / $130 concession prices.

If you've never been a full member at Swancon before, then we have three special deals going until July 1st.

First, you can get your full membership at the discounted price of $150 full, $95 concession.

Second, you can layby a full membership for only $25 full or $20 concession.

Third, anyone who laybys a first time full membership ticket before July 1st will go into the draw to win the rest of the ticket for free! Yes, you could win your full first time Swancon membership for only $25 full or $20 concession!

1) We'll have a stall at Supanova (N1, near the Supanova Information Booth). Drop by and say hello, enter our free raffle, buy your membership before the price rise, or a first time full member can buy or layby a discounted membership.

2) If you've never been a full member at Swancon before, then we have three special deals going until June 30th.

First, you can get your full membership at the discounted price of $150 full, $95 concession.

Second, you can layby a full membership for only $25 full or $20 concession.

Third, anyone who laybys a first time full membership ticket before June 30th will go into the draw to win the rest of the ticket for free! Yes, you could win your full first time Swancon membership for only $25 full or $20 concession!

3) For people who've been a full time member previously, and haven't bought their membership yet, prices are currently at $180 full, $130 concession, but only until June 30th. As of July 1st, prices will increase.

Memberships (and first time full member laybys) can be purchased from our website (https://2013.swancon.com.au/) store, or from our stall at Supanova.

"Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse." - IMDB

Welcome to the next installment in the Swancon / Genghiscon movies. This time if will be the highly anticipated Prometheus!!!

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Tickets will be $12 concession / $14 standard. Please rsvp tomovies-2013@swancon.com.au by Monday 4th June. The cinmea will be reserving block seating, so it is incredibly important that people RSVP to this screening, as per Skyrim. Unless there are still public seats available, you will not be able to just walk in if you have not responded. Look forward to seeing you all there!